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Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:02:00 -0500
...Normally the hole in the barrel is just slightly bigger than the end of the cable. The bolt holds the barrel to the arm...
Ignition switch barrel and tumbler replacement?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 1 Jun 94 11:59:04 MST
Greetings again, Has anyone out there replaced the barrel and tumblers on their ignition switch? I need to do this for Georg, my 1973...
Re: 2.1 Engine barrel shims
Historical mailing list - Walter Stephens
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:44:23 -0700
They look to me to be the disposable barrel sealing gaskets. I think they are another E-bay scam. ----- Original Message ----- From: "gary hradek...
Deck Height/CR
Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:50:11 -0600
...I'm getting ready to put the barrels and heads on my 82/83? vanagaon aircooled engine rebuild project. I decided to go with...
Re: The Cost of a Quart.. friday Trivia
Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:08:41 -0700
Guys, 42 gallons in a barrel of oil=159 liters per barrel Gracias, Miguel
Re: More questions on lifters etc
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 5 Feb 2011 10:25:47 -0800
four barrels and four pistons all separated and not marked ? not good. I don't ever like to put pistons back in a barrel...
Don't Support the Saudi's???
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 17 May 2005 06:04:28 -0500
...to buy gas from and which major >companies import Middle Eastern oil : > >Shell 205,742,000 barrels >Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000 barrels >Exxon...
Re: Ignition switch barrel and tumbler replacement?
Historical mailing list - nick mcree
Wed, 1 Jun 1994 17:01:24 -0500 (CDT)
On Wed, 1 Jun 1994, Dyer Lytle wrote: > > Greetings again, > > Has anyone out there replaced the barrel and tumblers on their > ignition switch? I...
86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release
Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:07:57 -0700
...When I pulled the key out, the entire lock barrel mechanism came with it... I should point out that i knew this was coming...
Locks and keys -Reply
Historical mailing list - Curtis Graham
Thu, 12 Dec 1996 17:01:44 -0700
I had a similar situation with two different keys and a locksmith was able to rekey the barrels so they all worked with one...
Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:02:19 -0700
...The design of this barrel positions > the cable end to hold the barrel straight in the lever. Using the throttle > barrel you should shim...
Re: 86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:56:34 -0700
...86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release Morning all, So this am, I locked my slider from the outside. When I pulled the...
Tricks to getting cylinder barrels back on?
Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
Sun, 4 May 2003 20:25:18 -0700
...When I removed the head, the cylinder barrels were stuck on so tightly that I had no recourse but to remove the cylinder barrels...
Re: Window Trim
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Mon, 9 Jul 2001 08:58:44 -0500
Karl, Tried that----makes the barrel sticky, and slows down the potato! WD-40 lubes up the barrel, causing the projectile to really fly...
1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:45:41 -0700
...looking up at failed accelerator pedal barrel clamp: https://tinyurl.com/y8exfdxh Image: 1.9 WBX barrel clamp used for replacement part: https://tinyurl...
Cylinder Types
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:52:07 -0600
...This cylkinder barrel assembly was a complete unit. No heads to mess with, no head gasket leaks, etc, etc, etc. The steel cylinder barrels...
Pressurized Cooling Sys./Cyl. Head
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Fri, 4 May 2001 17:57:03 -0400
...I took a look to remind myself of how the cylinder barrels seal to the head to prevent this kind of leakage. What I...
2.1 barrel shimis
Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
Sat, 27 Jul 2002 00:22:39 -0400
They fit between head and top of barrel now if you donot have these it might just be why your heads do not seal...
Re: 86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release
Historical mailing list - Joe Novak
Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:54:46 -0700
...86 Exterior Sliding Door Lock Barrel - Voluntary Release > > Morning all, > > So this am, I locked my slider from the outside. When I pulled the...
Re: Cylinder Types
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:57:56 +1300
>Anyway, I have wondered why no one ever came out with a combination >head/cylinder barrel for the VW. Would have eliminated a ot...
Re: Don't Support the Saudi's???
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 17 May 2005 10:15:47 -0500
...to buy gas from and which major > >companies import Middle Eastern oil : > > > >Shell 205,742,000 barrels > >Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000 barrels > >Exxon...
Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:19:21 -0700
So as luck would have it, I actually found what is most likely a spare accelerator pedal barrel clamp; it looks the same as...
2.1 Engine barrel shims
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:36:36 -0700
I can guess where thes might go but why do you need barrel shims when you do a rebuild? thanks gary http://cgi.ebay...
Re: Don't Support the Saudi's???
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 17 May 2005 09:49:49 -0600
...to buy gas from and which major >> companies import Middle Eastern oil : >> >> Shell 205,742,000 barrels >> Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000 barrels >> Exxon...
NVC Don't Support the Saudi's???
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 17 May 2005 08:05:57 -0500
...to buy gas from and which major > >companies import Middle Eastern oil : > > > >Shell 205,742,000 barrels > >Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000 barrels > >Exxon...
Re: Question about barrel spacers
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 14:56:47 -0800
I've seen this tech bulletin, but I'm not sure what you mean when you say "blow off the barrel spacers." The heads...
Re: Tricks to getting cylinder barrels back on?
Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
Mon, 5 May 2003 09:06:53 -0400
>When I removed the head, the cylinder barrels were stuck on so tightly that >I had no recourse but to remove the cylinder barrels...
/f Folly for Friday
Historical mailing list
Fri, 2 Feb 1996 09:46:27 -0800
...At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground, and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Devoid of the...
Re: Gas, milage, etc (was Air Engine)
Historical mailing list - Bernie
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:13:48 -0700
...This one analyst was saying oil will be back down to 80 a barrel by late summer ( it hit a mid-day high of...
Re: Pressurized Cooling Sys./Cyl. Head
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Sat, 5 May 2001 08:49:56 -0400
...I took a look to remind myself of how the cylinder barrels seal to the head to prevent this kind of leakage. What I...
Busses by the Barrel, or Vanagons visit Viticulture
Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:23:47 -0800
Busses by the Barrel, or Vanagons visit Viticulture The 25th annual Santa Clara Wine Festival is Saturday April 29, 2000, from 12 PM to...
Re: Issue with door lock
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:16:20 -0700
...its quite simple, then you can have a bit of a look at the latch insides, and also play with lock barrel. alistair On...
Heads, lifters, the usual..
Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
Sat, 4 May 2002 13:31:15 -0700
...By all indications, I was able to remove the heads without disturbing the barrels... Advice, please. I am reluctant to pull the barrels since...
Re: Is there such a too?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:16:05 -0500
With that one, you'd just change the dies to go from open barrel connectors to other types (like the ones you can get...
Re: Price of gasoline
Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
Wed, 12 Feb 2003 12:28:37 -0500
...After the loss of 1.5 million barrels per day of Venezuelan production in December the oil price rocketed, and the scarcity of reserves...
Re: Vanagon Application????
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 18 Apr 2004 09:44:48 -0500
...That stuff would never allow separation of the head from the barrel. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
Re: hydraulic conundrum + parking brake actuator rod
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 19 Aug 2013 09:22:39 -0700
...They have barrel nuts (I think that is what they're called) in all the useful sizes and threads. Mine needed 6mm x 100...
Re: Don't Support the Saudi's???
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 17 May 2005 11:00:28 -0500
...to buy gas from and which major >> >companies import Middle Eastern oil : >> > >> >Shell 205,742,000 barrels >> >Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000 barrels >> >Exxon...
Re: Dremel, was Re: Best Way To Remove
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Mon, 6 Apr 2009 18:58:24 -0600
...The disc goes onto the barrel, is twisted 90 degrees and has some small notches that the barrel snaps into when it's released...
Re: Engine Rebuild at Last!!
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 20:57:02 -0600
...The cylinder barrel was in excellent condition, > with no evidence of barrel ware. All the crosshatching in the barrel was > intact with no evidence...
Re: Question about barrel spacers
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 17:50:52 -0600
...Question about barrel spacers > > > > http://www.dolphinsci.com/techbull.html > > Read this .............. blow off the barrel spacers unless you > can get > > the .010 aluninum...
Re: Sob!! $ob!!
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
Thu, 4 Aug 1994 8:55:49 -0400 (EDT)
...Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu> > my choice was to take the carbs off and have a two-barrel Holley single > carburetor and manifold...
Re: Engine Disassembly, EGR, Air Pump
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Fri, 4 Nov 94 16:45:51 PST
...I also > > am almost positive that you can make a 1.8 into a 2-liter by using 2 liter > > pistons, barrels, rods, and...
Re: '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Thu, 16 May 2013 14:32:32 -0700
Jeff - Sounds like a PO or mechanic installed a different or modified barrel clamp. This is what it should have ORIGINALLY had: Barrel 211...
Replacing cylinder barrel with engine in van.
Historical mailing list - Aaron Reams
Mon, 7 Apr 2003 11:47:35 -0700
...a leaking a leaking head gasket and accidentally pulled the cylinder barrels off with the head. Any tips for getting the cylinders back over...
Re: Question about barrel spacers
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:09:44 -0800
...Question about barrel spacers > > > > > > > http://www.dolphinsci.com/techbull.html > > > Read this .............. blow off the barrel spacers unless you > > can get > > > the .010 aluninum...
Re: OT: how to check Bug engine is a 1.3 or 1.6 externally
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Tue, 6 Dec 2005 09:36:29 -0800
...1300-1500-1600 - Studs are at angle (about 15 to 20 degrees) Barrel Heights: 1300-1500-1600 Barrel Height is the same on all...
Re: Wiper splines are trashed, how to fix?
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:57:46 -0700
If I remember correctly, someone recently posted about this dilemma and, because the "splined" barrel that the wiper slides onto is soft, almost lead...
Re: carburator for a '73 bus
Historical mailing list
Mon, 17 Jul 95 8:54:51 MDT
...On mine the secondary barrel was completely shut at idle making the secondary barrel idle circuit ineffective. I used some vice grips to turn...
Re: Cylinder Types
Historical mailing list - John Connolly
Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:01:23 -0700
...Cylinder Types > >Anyway, I have wondered why no one ever came out with a combination > >head/cylinder barrel for the VW. Would have eliminated...
Blue Wrench time
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Tue, 2 Oct 2001 07:58:11 -0700
To help you get those steel liners out of those aluminum barrels, use the blue wrench. Heat the aluminum to verrrry hot with a...
Re: Wart injection. (Anti-shellac fuel additive)/Fri
Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 20:32:58 -0500
...This is repeated, layer upon layer, until within 30mm of the top of the barrell. Barrell is sealed with the top, a ONE-WAY...
FS German Pierburg Carb
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Fri, 9 May 2003 04:27:10 -0700
...Pierburg 2E 025 129 015H VW/AU 7 236 This is a 2 barrel progressive, the 2nd barrel is vacuum activated. I can send...
Re: Gas, milage, etc (was Air Engine)
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:05:10 -0700
...a barrel by late > summer ( it hit a mid-day high of $ 117 per barrel recently ) > ...........another guy said 50 a barrel, though that...
Re: '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
Historical mailing list - Mike B
Thu, 16 May 2013 17:38:47 -0400
...On 5/16/2013 5:32 PM, Old Volks Home wrote: > Jeff - > > Sounds like a PO or mechanic installed a different or modified barrel...
Re: Cylinder hone -conclusion?
Historical mailing list - Scott W.
Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:57:07 -0800
...And to reuse the barrels and pistons. New heads. New pumps, oil and water. So assuming the barrels and pistons measure up ok, I...
Re: Ignition switch barrel and tumbler replacement?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 01 Jun 94 14:53:36 CDT
On Wed, 1 Jun 94 13:59:45 CDT Dyer Lytle said: > > >Has anyone out there replaced the barrel and tumblers on their >ignition...
Barrel Shims, once again
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:01:51 -0800
...from the stamping process) and carefully measured out 5 sets of barrel shims; 3 sets from the Bus Depot and 2 acquired locally. All...
RE: 71 WESTY AND DOOR HANDLES
Historical mailing list
Thu, 28 Sep 1995 12:41:21 GMT
An owner of a '71 van writes: > >generated from this puts a strain on the pot metal lock barrel, and I broke > >the barrel...
Re: Local gas prices?
Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:12:44 -0400
...I think I remember reading that both ethanol and biodiesel become affordable as the cost of oil per barrel breaches about $62 per barrel...